Neighborhood schools drive increase in CPS graduation rates
Posted June 07, 2016 1:00 am
Chicago's open enrollment high schools were the driving force behind a steady rise in graduation rates citywide over the past 15 years.
In fact, new findings by the University of Chicago's Consortium on Chicago School Research say graduation rates at schools that have to accept anyone have just about caught up to publicly funded, privately managed charter schools.
But it took a blend of policies rather than any single fix to bring about gains in graduation rates, which have risen yearly since 2006.
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